About Debora
Debora Van Romer is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 16 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are anxious, stressed, grieving, or going through big life changes. Her approach is direct and practical, aimed at easing day-to-day strain so clients can function better at home and work.
She uses a blend of attachment-based ideas and client-centered listening to help people feel heard. Debora often combines those with cognitive-behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns.
Background and approach
She also draws on emotionally focused and existential ideas when conversations turn to meaning, loss, or deep relationship pain. In sessions she creates a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. Conversations are straightforward and paced to each person’s comfort level.
The goal is to build skills for managing anxiety, improving communication, and coping with trauma or family stress. Debora has worked with many common concerns including relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, compassion fatigue, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She also addresses more specific topics such as abandonment, attachment struggles, codependency, and caregiver stress.
People who choose her can expect a collaborative, respectful style that mixes listening with practical tools. Debora encourages small, manageable steps so progress feels realistic. She welcomes contact from English-speaking adults in Ohio who want to start working on anxiety and related life challenges.
Approaches that translate to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early bonds shape current relationship patterns and feelings. In online sessions this helps when partners, parents, or family history come up, and it guides conversations about trust and closeness. Client-centered therapy centers on listening and reflecting what a person says. That approach supports people who need a steady, nonjudgmental space to talk through anxiety and life transitions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches practical skill work to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with changes because it gives concrete exercises to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work together with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean starting with listening and then adding CBT exercises, or moving between attachment-focused and emotionally focused conversations as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video is good for deeper conversations where visual cues matter. Phone sessions can fit a shorter break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work for quick check-ins, written reflection, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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